Bottle-carrier.



WITNESS C- M. TILLMANN.

BOTTLE CARRIER- APPLICATION FILED MAY a. 1911. V

IN VEN TOR.

Ar'TokNEY Patented Alig. 6, 191&

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0; M. TILLM-ANNQ BOTTLE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. Hill.

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ATTORNEY structed from a plurality of long lengthsv j nails or'the like.

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To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. TILL- MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State 'of'Illinois, and useful Improvements in Bottle-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in carriers for articles such as water'bottles or otherliquid containers.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a carrier formed from a minimum amount of stock and constructed to permit a bottle being readily positioned in the carrier, or removed therefrom and to retain the bottle ment while being carried.

Another important obj tion is'to provide a bottle carrier of the character described, which is mainly conof wood fiber, such as reeds or the like.

A stillfurther object of the inventionis to provide a carrier bottle against displacement, and completing drawings, a

Referring specifically to the construction,

" 'dicated as a whole by the numeral 12- In the wall with a name place, whereby, should the plate be surreptitiously removed, the act. arent by viewing the in will be readily app complete retaining wall.

The'se and other objects will in part be obvious, and will be hereinafter more fully disclosed.

In the drawings, which show by way of illustration one embodiment of my inven- V tion,v

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Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the l1ne 3+3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail vertical sectional view taken on the lineA-Ki of Fig. 3. v

Like reference numerals designate corresponding vparts in all the 1 is a front elevation ofthe car- 5 designates'abase,

shaped formation, and'one end'?" of thereed Specification of Letters Patent. j Application filed May 3, 1917. Serial No. 166,234.

have invented certain new ect of the inven-.

v 7 having a partially woven wall for retaining the bottom of the figures of the is circular 111 out-- S ,6 and 7 respectively.

These reeds are bent into an inverted U- Patented Aug. 6, 1918.1

7 is bent at right angles and fitted into a corresponding opening 5* formed in the wall of the base 5. One end of the reed 6 is likewise bent, as at 6 and is fitted into a corresponding opening 5" formed in the wall of the base 5, and at a point, diametrically opposite the opening 5 These ends 6 and 7 of said reeds are preferably secured'to the base by. nails or other suitable means. The other end of the reed 7 extends downwardly alongside of the reed 6, as clearly shown in Fig. '3, and the other end of the reed 6 extends down along the other side of the reed 7 as clearly shownin said fig'ure. It will thus benoted that the free ends of the reeds 6 and 7. respectively extend on opposite sides of a line extending'throughthe end portions'fi and "UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

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7 of saidreeds. 'By this construction, theat the upper ends of the latter so as to leave]. an incomplete retainingwall for the lower end of the-bottle wh ch is seated therein: The marginal wall, which has been .described so faras being name plates 10 which may be secured to the base 5 and pegs 8 by any suitable means.

The bight 11 of the handle is disposed'a considerable distance above the mouth. of

the bottle and in order to provide a means I for retaining the upper end of the bottle against accidental displacement and yet per mitting of said bottle to be readily placed in the carrier, or removed therefrom, I haveprovided a retaining annulus which is in- I formed by the pegs V ,and reeds 9, is completed by one or more secured ,to the legs of the handle. .It is disposed in a horizontal plane at a point considerably below the bight ll of the handle and at a point considerably above the marginal wall of the base. By forming theopposite twists 13 and 14, the annulus will be always returned to its normal horizontal plane, should the same become distorted when placing or removing. thebottle. It will be noted that the space between the annulus and the bight 11 of-the handle is sufficient to permit the bottle to be elevated imtil the lower end thereof can be swung outwardly above, the marginal wall of the base. This action will, of course, swing the annulusinto an inclined plane, but as soon as the bottle has lJGGILSGELtQCl, or removed, as the case maybe, the annulus Willret-urn to itsnormal horizontal plane W Should any user, surreptitiously remove the name plate or plates 10, the retaining wallwill, of course, present an unfinished appearance, and will readily indicate that 3113 1116 plate has been removed.

It 'is obvious that minor changesin the details of construction orthe arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. v I

,Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: V v v ,l A carrierhaving a U-shaped handle and an article support at its lower end, said support (comprising ,a,.base having acmarginal wall fol-retainingthe article against displacement, said wall comprising a plurality of vertically disposed pegs connected at the outer edge of said base, a plurality of reeds interwoven with and connecting the upper ends of said ,pegs and .forming a relatively narrow. edging for the upper edge of the wall, and a covering for the remainderof, the, wall formed from a relatively wide strip of sheet material, saidstrip being disposed between the base and the edging Copies of this patent may be obt ained for five cents each, by Washington, I). 0.

anddirectly below the latter and wholly against the outer faces of said pegs.

2. In a carrier for containers, the combination with a base having a marginal Wall for retaining the lower end of the container against displacement, of an inverted U- shaped handle connected at its ends to said base at substantially diametrically opposite points thereof, and an annulus supported by said handle and disposed in a plane above and in spaced relationto saidniarginal wall for receiving the upper end of the container and retaining the latter againstaccidental displacement, said annulus being formed from two fiber reeds, each reed. being centrally looped and interlaced one with the other, the free ends of the respective reeds being-secured to the. legs of the handle.

8. In a-carrier for containers, the combination with. abase having a-marginal wall for retainingthelower end of the container against displacement, of an inverted U- shaped handle connected at its ends to said base at; substantially diametrically opposite points thereof, and an annulus supported by said handle, and disposed in a plane above and in spacedrelation to said marginal vallfor receivingthe upper end of, the container. and retaining the latter against accidental displacement, said annulus being formedfronn two fiber-reeds, each reed be ing centrally looped and interlaced one,with the other, the free ends of the respective reeds beingsecured to the-legs of the handle, said reeds betweenfsaid annulus and said legs being oppositely twisted to retain said annulus in a horizontal p ane. I t v,

.In testimony whereofI aliixmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. TILLMANN. lVitnesses:

TV ILLIAM L. \VERNEOKE, EARL F. TILLMANN.

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